Yvan Bougnon's circumnavigation in a beach cat project

Yvan has arrived in Darwin/Australia after another unpleasant passage from Port Vila:



There is also a press release on the trip on Yvan Bourgnon's site:

http://ledefidyvanbourgnon.com/yvan-arrive-darwin/

 

Thanks Corley. I'm finding this adventure very inspiring.

 

Yvan has posted up a video of the arrival in Bali and preparation to get the boat ready for the next leg of the journey:

http://youtu.be/UHKYCHU8DMM

 

Man, he's stil going, and sems to be going well.

Be interesting to see what happens in the Gulf as he approaches the Red Sea. Reckon the pirates would let him go as he's obviously mad, and hence a djinn, or evil spirit..... lol

He seems to be doing this trip with little or no fanfare, and good luck to him.

Very inspiring.

Makes me think my plans for a circumnavigation in a 24ft trimaran are, well, luxurious, by comparison.

"Lookshery! But you tell the yoong people abart it, and they won't believe ya, no they won't!"

Next challenge will be the guy who does the whole circ. on a waveski, or a windsurfer. Then they'll be fighting over whose is the biggest wind-powered toothpick.....

 

So this is happening.

http://www.en-avant-toute.ch/yvan-bourgnon/actualite/suivi-en-temps-reel/

Measure that course distance. Impressive.

 

According to the wind model on his tracker, he's in a serious hole for the next day or two, easily. I hope he has a fishing pole.

 

Yvan has deviated from his route to the Maldives and will visit Sri Lanka instead to escape the worst of the weather and address nagging technical problems with the boat.

http://ledefidyvanbourgnon.com/changement-destination/

 

Sadly there has been an incident in this adventure. Yvon is okay, but the boat is far from it.

http://dailymirror.lk/news/50446-swiss-man-swims-to-matara-beach-after-yacht-crashes

 

Yvan

What a shame! Maybe he can get the boat back together?

 

I hope so. Anthony Steward had a similar experience with his little Dudley Dix design. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkZN35RZfU

I really hope to see Yvan finish what he started.

 

From what Yvan has said the intention is to get a new sport catamaran to complete the course rather than repair his wrecked boat.

 

There's yet another reason to not sail solo.....

Poor Yvan. Such a disappointment.

He needs to do some crowd sourcing to repair the old boat. In SL it would be cheaper to do that than to buy a new boat in France and ship it there. All he would need to ship would be a new mast and beams, and they could probably come form Singapore a lot cheaper.

 

Boat repair

Yes, I agree. I also think it would be more satisfying to finish the adventure in the same basic boat.
My immediate thought is, that I wish someone would organize a fund raiser for this enterprising fellow .. there must be at least 3000 of us sailors who have been watching this amazing story unfold ... and if we each gave $10, he'd not only have the funds to get this boat repaired but he'd also then realize that, overall, the sailing world is behind him and this would be added encouragement to finish what he started. Somehow, it's become important to many of us, that he finishes this now.
After all, he must be nearly 3/4 of the way now.
Anyone with any suggestions ?

mike

 

Mike I agree and I would certainly offer at least $10.

Perhaps one of our French speakers could get onto Voiles et Voileurs or one of the other French mags, or even to Yvans support site in the first instance.

Ma francais is way plus mal...!!!

 

Yvan has a donations page here:

http://www.en-avant-toute.ch/page/j-embarque-avec-yvan.html

and the computer translated one is here:

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/...avant-toute.ch/page/j-embarque-avec-yvan.html